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QC: At which stage of production should you do quality control?
Guest Post: By Kevin Lee: Co-founder of Asianconn International I am going to start this blog like an America TV commercial just to make it more entertaining rather than depressing. Are you tired of getting crappy products from China? Are you tired of dealing with customers who constantly complain about the quality of your product?…
Read MoreWhat to do when supplier breaks the contract and blackmails your deposit
Chinese supplier ignored the contract and holding my order hostage. Tom writes: Hi Mike, We met at your Global Sources conference in Hong Kong. One of the criteria for safe trading, as you mentioned, was to have the red stamp/chop, to make it legally binding. This is something I have. My problem is that the…
Read MoreChinese Supplier got my Deposit, now Ignores me. What to do?
Supplier didn’t ship the order and kept our deposit. What to do? Rajvansh in Dubai asks: We have placed an order to a Chinese supplier for Paper Bags. The supplier is located near Qingdao. We have made the advance payment to them as per the agreed terms. We even paid the balance for the first…
Read MoreWhy would you pay a factory an agency fee to import?
Is it legit for the factory to request buyer pays agency fee? Mohamed in Egypt writes: I’m import artificial grass from a China company and they offer me agency for product in Egypt and declare all products will be covered. They ask for 10,000$ for agency insurance/fee. Should I pay it? I don’t know…
Read MoreScams in China – This Online Supplier is Just Too Friendly…
Is the online supplier being “too friendly”? Importer from Ireland writes: This may seem like a trivial/silly question but I’m trying to source a supplier in China via Alibaba and I’m often surprised by the number of vendors addressing me as ‘friend’. I’m not sure if this is common practice in China and harmless or…
Read More10 Years: 3 articles I want to share with you about setting up a business
10 Years: 3 articles I want to share with you about setting up a business in China China Sourcing Academy (CSA) lecturer Mike Bellamy has been blogging for a decade. CSA selected the best 100+ posts (covering 18 different sub-topics) from his various blogs for their relevance to international buyers doing business with China. Each…
Read More10 Top Tips for Coordinating a Supply Chain in China
10 Years: The 10 top tips for coordinating a China supply chain China Sourcing Academy (CSA) lecturer Mike Bellamy has been blogging for a decade. CSA selected the best 100+ posts (covering 18 different sub-topics) from his various blogs for their relevance to international buyers doing business with China. Each week we pick a topic…
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